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World Premiere: Saxophone Concerto by Buck McDaniel

  • Wilson Hall Rowan University Glassboro United States (map)

Saxophone Concerto: So Love was Crowned, but Music Won the Cause was originally composed for soprano saxophone and organ in 2019 for the Ars Organi Festival at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights. The piece commemorates Fred Hemke, Noa’s undergraduate saxophone teacher, who passed away in April 2019. Buck created a version for saxophone and string quartet for a 9/11 memorial concert in 2021. This version for soprano sax and wind ensemble will be premiered by Noa Even and the Rowan University Wind Ensemble, directed by Joe Higgins.